Seniors or Older Adults - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - Sturgeon Bay, WI.

Substance abuse rehab facilities which cater to the unique needs of seniors and older adults can be more beneficial for this client demographic. Senior and older adult centered recovery services can be helpful with the initial stigma that these clients feel when entering treatment and it offers the peer support from individuals in their stage of life who empathize and understand the specific challenges they face. In mixed age programs seniors and older adults can sometimes be less likely to contribute completely in group activities with younger clients who are not familiar with their age related and generational unique issues. Drug and Alcohol treatment facilities which provide a more age relating forum for seniors and older adults can provide a connection of mutual respect, understanding, and support to work through the difficulties in treatment.

Treatment staff at drug and alcohol treatment centers for seniors and older adults are prepared to offer their unique expertise with older clients to resolve generational, age-related and broader substance abuse related issues alike, while also taking into account any unique physical or mental health issues or challenges this subset of client faces while in recovery. Program curriculum for seniors and older adults may be produced with verbal or audio impairments in mind, such as larger type in reading material or treatment counselors who are prepared to accommodate the needs of older clients by the way individual and group counseling sessions.

Seniors and older adults are disproportionately prone to the abuse of prescription drugs and alcohol, and as part of treatment many require medical intervention not just through safe detox but to establish which prescriptions should be eliminated or continued as part of their recovery plan and their transition to a healthy lifestyle that will prolong their life.

There are 1 Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers offering this service in Sturgeon Bay, WI

• Door County Department of
  920-746-7155
  421 Nebraska Street
  Sturgeon Bay, WI. 54235
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Substance Abuse Treatment Programs for Seniors or Older Adults
  
  Payment Forms Accepted:
  Medicare
  Medicaid
  Military Insurance
  Payment Assistance
  Private Health Insurance
  Cash or Self Payment
  State Financed Health Insurance Plan Other Than Medicaid
  Sliding Fee Scale
  

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